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From the first time they met at a small concert in the ’80s, there has been serious heat and harsh words between Howard Stern and Steve Perry.

When Steve Perry decided to leave Journey, he caused an uproar in the music industry. Many felt that he was abandoning the band. While he wasn’t in Journey’s original line-up, there’s no doubt that his influence brought the band to the height of its success. Steve cited “burnout” as the reason he left Journey, but Howard Stern thought he was just being a diva. Yes, the radio legend has opinions about Steve Perry and Journey. Mostly, because he absolutely detests the man.

Of course, Howard is no stranger to celebrity feuds. Sharing his highly opinionated (and usually hilariously observant) views on the rich and famous has gotten him into a ton of trouble. While some of Howard’s celebrity feuds have received a ton of attention, there’s one ongoing one that’s gone mostly unnoticed. That is, it’s gone unnoticed by the mainstream media as opposed to Howard’s conflicts with Simon Cowell or his issue with NFL star Aaron Rodgers.

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Fans of The Howard Stern Show, however, know just how much Howard absolutely hates Steve Perry. They’ve only been hearing about it for years. Journey’s performance at the New Year’s Eve Celebration in Times Square on December 31st, 2021, seemed to spark a revamp of Howard’s pure loathing of the former Journey frontman, so now’s as good a time as any to go into their history and why they have such beef…

Updated May 2024:Despite the fact that Steve Perry said that touring with Journey caused him to have “burnout,” Perry has signed with a new label so that he can not only put out new music, but tour as well. While it has been a few years since Howard Stern has said anything about Perry, if Stern still has been with Perry, this will indeed be something Stern will bring up on his show. Whether he will remains to be seen.

Howard Stern And Steve Perry Hated Each Other From Day One

During Howard Stern’s early days as a DJ, Steve Perry left a bad impression after he started bossing everyone around, including Stern

“I f***ing hate Steve Perry,” Howard stated at the beginning of his January 2022 rant. “Steve Perry is such a f***!”

The origin of Howard’s true loathing of the former Journey star goes back years ago in Detriot when the radio legend introduced the band at a small concert in the 1980s.

“You still have all these horrible feelings about him, all these years later,” Howard’s co-host Robin Quivers laughed.

“He was ordering everyone around,” Howard said of the rockstar who he described as “tiny”. Aside from Howard claiming that Steve was being exceptionally rude to everyone working there, he also was trying to order Howard around. In the process, according to Howard in 2019, he started calling him “Big Bird”.

Howard has told this story on a number of occasions. While he’s made up with some of the celebrities he’s feuded with in the past, it appears what Steve said to him is unforgivable.

As for Steve’s thoughts on Howard… Well, there’s no doubt he dislikes the fact that the acclaimed radio host has been openly bashing him for years. But we don’t know as Steve has smartly avoided talking about Howard in public.

Howard Stern Slammed Steve Perry For Being Awful

Howard Stern believes Journey is better off with Arnel Pinada than they were with Steve Perry

The topic of Steve Perry came up on The Howard Stern Show in January 2022 after the radio legend discussed Journey’s performance on New Year’s Eve and Andy Cohen’s comments about Journey not being Journey without Steve Perry. Howard, of course, disagreed. He actually enjoyed the new frontman and could stand to listen to the music ever since Steve left the band. Howard even repeatedly praised the new frontman, Arnel Pinada’s incredible talent… but not without bashing Steve in the process…

“[They no longer] have a little s***head running around with a bad shag and lifts in his shoes, you have a better singer up there,” Howard said. The radio legend went on to attack Steve for abandoning his Journey bandmates without really giving them much of a reason.

Howard also loves the fact that Steve Perry abandoned Journey to create a more successful solo career. Only Steve’s solo career, in Howard’s mind, hasn’t exactly panned out as well as he hoped. Meanwhile, Journey continues to sell out stadiums and fans adore the new frontman.

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“If you put Steve Perry next to this guy Arnel on stage, you’ll want to see Arnel.”

Steve’s decision to release a Christmas album also got Howard all fired up.

“Lazy f***! Write a new song. He thinks he’s Mariah Carey!” Howard laughed. “Who’s buying this s***? F*** you, Steve.”

To be fair, Steve has written some new original material in recent years… Music that Howard has also bashed.

Howard Stern Constantly Makes Fun Of Steve Perry’s Size

Howard Stern takes every opportunity he has to comment on Steve Perry’s height

On top of Howard’s distaste for Steve as a human and as a musician, he also spent some time making fun of how short he is in real life.

“I saw that Steve Perry backstage and he had a girlfriend, and of course, she was hot because he was a rockstar and stuff, she towered over him,” Howard laughed. “[He’s] tiny, you could barely see this guy. Paul Simon towers over him.”

While there’s clearly a lot more that happened between the two celebrities, it’s clear that Howard has no interest in fixing their broken bridge. In fact, he seems to be having far more fun setting fire to whatever’s left.

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